Automatic vehicle-body-adjusting means.



D. L. TAYLOR. AUTOMATIC VEHICLE BODY ADJUSTNG MEANS.

APPLICATION FILED Aus.2`a. 1915.

Pamed 1D@@.5,1916;

AUTOMATIC VEHICLE-JBODY-ADJ'USTTNG MEANS.

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`Specimation of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. .5, 121e.

Application ledl August 23, 1915. Serial No. L16,818.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that 1, DANIEL L. TAYLon, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Malden, 'county of Middlesex, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have 1n` vented an Tmprovement in Automatic Vehicle-Body-Adjusting Means, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like characters on the drawmgs representmg Y like parts.

rThis invention relates to vehicles and particularly to baby carriages, and its objectis to provide automatically operative means for retaining the vehicle body in substantially horizontal or usual position, irrespective of the position of the wheels.

rllhis invention will be more clearly under' stood by reference tothe following description of an illustrative embodiment of one form thereof, and in the drawing Figure 1 is a Side elevation of a conventional contherefor, on the line 2-2, Fig. 1, and Fig.

3, aifdetail, partly in section, yof one of the body supporting members, on the line 3 3,

Fig. 1, from the right. Y Y j For carrying the carriage body, any suitv able truck or bolster member may be provided, and ll have herein shown such a bolster4 in the form of spider members 1, 2, each comprising a base 3 and a plurality, and herein four, arms 4f extending therefrom. Each arm., at its outer end, is formed to provide a housingvfor and carries a roller 5 mounted to turn freely therein. rThe carriage body may be secured to the base 3 by any convenient means as bolts adapted to be received by apertures 6 in the base. The spiders 1, 2, may be of any convenient form of construction but are shown herein, see Fig. 3, as comprising two members 7, 8, conveniently secured to the base 3, and fashioned to provide a substantially rectangular housing at their outer ends. For supporting these body holsters, Fig. 2, 1 provide two rails a, b, each consisting of a plurality, and herein two, curved parallel bars 9, 10, of suitable length and material, as metal, secured together in any convenient manner, in this case, at intervals by tie bars 11, which may be fastened thereto by any suitable means. `Each rail is preferably provided at each end with a stop 12 to limit the movement of the holsters and carriage body thereon.

Each rail is provided, Fig. 2, with a plu, rality of rollers 13, 13, of suitable material, as metal, and configuration, those shown herein, see Fig. 3, being substantially spherical in form and mounted upon axles 14. rlhese rollers 13 vmay be mounted indi.- vidually between the bars 9, 10, and to rotate therein without any lateral motion, or some of them may be mounted, Fig. 1, in slots 15 permitting more or less lateral sliding of the rollers simultaneously with the rotation thereof. The latter construction requlres probably a less number of rollers and permits a little more freeadjustment of the rollers 5, andbolsters thereon. The

bars 9, 10, are provided near their lower edges and adjacent each end, with spacers 16 each carrying a spring engaging member 17 to which vehicle springs 11 may be secured by any convenient means. rllhe bars 7, 8, have their lower edges inturned and if desired upturned, and provided with flanges or other suitable members 18 to engage the edges of the members 9 and 10 to prevent disengagement of the spider arm therefrom.

lt Will be obvious that normally the carriage body 19 whenjmounte'd upon spiders 1, 2, will automatically seek substantially a horizontal or usual position. lf either the forward or rear Wheels are raised, either to pass over an obstacle of any kind, or to raise the' carriage from the street tol the curbstone or vice versa, the spiders 1, 2, 1, 2, will automatically adjust themselves by means of the rolling engagement thereof with the rollers 13, to a substantially horizontal position and thereby maintain the carriagebody in substantial"equilibriume lin order that the carriage body may be secured against travel, if necessary for any particular purpose, 1 have provided a latch 20 secured to the rear stop 12, and which may be fastened to the carriage body 19 by any convenient means as a screw eye 21.

With the foregoing construction it is unnecessary to use the same care in handling the baby carriage provided with my improved adjusting means as is required ordinarily, and practically all dauer of the occupant being thrown bodily therefrom by sudden raising or lowering of one end of the 2. Vehicle bodyA positioning means` comprising a body bolster, supporting means therefor and on which it is adapted to'travel longitudinally and anti-friction means operatively connecting the bolster and bolster supporting means.

3. Vehicle bodyl positioning means comprising a plurality of longitudinally positioned rails, -a body bolster thereon, and

y revoluble members on the bolster and rails.

4. Vehicle body positioning means comprising .a body bolster, longitudinally positioned rails therefor, rollers engaging the lbolster and rails and providingC relative Apositioning means therefor.

o. Vehiclebody positioning means comprising a body bolster, longitudinally positioned inclined rail members therefor, slidable l connections between the bolster and rails permitting relative positioning of the bolster and ralls.

6. Vehicle body positioning means comprising a body bolster, longitudinally positioned curved rails therefor, rollers hengaging the bolster and rails whereby the body automatically positions itself longitudinally relative to the rails.

7. Vehicle body positioning means comprising a body bolster, a roller therefor, a curved supporting rail, a roller thereon engaging the bolster roller permitting automatic relative longitudinally positioningof the bolster and rail and means on the bolster to hold it on the supporting rail.

8. Vehicle body positioning means comprising a body bolster, inclined rail members therefor, slidable connections between the bolster and rails, stops for the rail ends, and

means on said rail members for securing the bolster against travel.

9. Vehicle body positioning means comprising the bolster 1, having arms 4, 4, 4, 4, a roller 5 on each arm, a track comprising the rails a, b, each rail comprising bars 9, l0, tie bars 11 for said bars, and rollers 13 carried by said bars. i

10. Af baby carriage comprising, in combination, running gear, springs thereon, curved body supporting rails, the rails each comprising a plurality of bars, spacing vmembers connecting the bars, spring engaging members carried by the spacing bars and engaging the springs, rollers on the rails, a body bolster having a plurality of rail engaging arms, rollers on one or more of the arms and engaging the rail rollers, and means on the bolster to retain it on the rails.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

DANIEL L. TAYLOR. Witnesses:

EVERETT S. EMERY, LLEwELLYN RICHARDS. 

